Questions tagged [shutdown]
Process of cleanly stopping the operating system so the system can be turned off
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How can I put the computer to sleep from Command Prompt/Run menu?
I know that almost everything on Windows, like opening any sort of application, can be done from the command prompt or from the Run menu.
How can I put my computer to sleep or shut it down? What is ...
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Shutdown Windows 10 truly for a dual booting system
It seems that "Shut down" in Windows 10 actually means "Shut down and hibernate". This has caused my NTFS partitions cannot be automatically loaded on Linux (Ubuntu 16.04) on my dual-booting laptop. ...
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How can I identify the culprit of my slow Windows shutdown?
My computer is taking a very long time to shutdown.
How can I identify the culprit? I don't want to wait minutes for my computer to shutdown...
Is there a program I can use to track how long it ...
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Can a power failure or forceful shutdown damage hardware?
Can computer hardware suffer damage from forceful shutdowns (holding the power button for five (5) seconds) or power failures?
I believe that normal PC hardware does not suffer from this - after all,...
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How do I shutdown Windows 8?
In previous versions of Windows, the shutdown options were in the Start menu. Where can these options be found now?
The only options I can find on the Start screen are Lock and Sign Out, and at ...
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What damage will powering down instead of shutting down do?
What is it that Windows is doing when it shuts down?
Assuming I've saved everything, what negative impact does powering down instead of shutting down properly have? We've all done it at some point ...
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Windows 10 doesn't shut down properly
I have visited tons of websites and watched dozens of Youtube videos, yet I can't find a solution to my problem.
I recently upgraded my laptop to Windows 10, and now it won't shutdown properly.
I ...
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Difference between shutting down and turning on vs. restart in Windows 8?
In Windows 8, is there a difference between:
Shutting down my computer (inside W8) and then instantly turn it back on again
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Restarting it from inside Windows 8
Edit: Talking about normal Windows ...
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How to initiate a Full Reboot/Shutdown on Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
Environment: Windows 10 Fall Creators Update / 1709
Background: There is a new feature in the Fall Creators update where post reboot applications and browser windows are reopened to the state they ...
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How can I install updates and shut down from the command line?
I know that there is a simple way to shutdown the computer in command prompt, but is it possible to do system updates and then shutdown the computer in command prompt?
For example, when Vista needs ...
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How to shut down the computer without the update on Windows 7?
Sometimes when my Win 7 machine has programs that crashed, maybe Firefox, or IE, I would like to shut down the computer without installing any Windows update. That's because I worry that if IE or ...
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How can I display additional boot and shutdown information on the Windows 7 welcome screen?
There is a small tweak, I believe it is a registry key, that allows to display additional information on the Welcome and Shutting down screens of Windows 7 (and most likely Vista, too). I have ...
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Why is Windows hibernating when I shut down? [duplicate]
I just shut down Windows and rebooted into Linux. When I try to enter the Windows partition it says Linux cannot mount it because the Windows partition is hibernated. This means that Windows 10 only ...
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How to force a "do you really want to shutdown?" dialog in Windows 7?
Sometimes I want to choose "Logout current user", but then I hit "Shutdown" by accident.
Nearly everywhere else Windows 7 is asking "do you really want to do this? Yes/No" -
but that's not the case ...
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Computer won't stay powered up
I have just tried to turn my PC on this morning and it won't stay powered up. It will come on as normal for about 5 seconds, not quite long enough for the monitor to wake up. Then it will power off. ...
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